In total, 1,219 citizens completed the process in the province last year. Of these, 1,033 did so through legal residence in Spain, while 186 acquired nationality through other means, such as option to the parental authority of a Spaniard or having a Spanish parent born in the country.
Data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals that Honduras leads the list of origins with 169 naturalized citizens, followed by Venezuela (164) and Colombia (124). Also notable are Nicaragua (89) and Morocco (79), as well as 11 individuals from Pakistan.
Interestingly, 175 of the naturalized individuals were born in Spain but did not hold Spanish nationality because they lacked Spanish parents. The requirement of being born on Spanish territory reduces the years needed for the process.
Of the total naturalized in Córdoba, 776 are women and 443 are men. By age, the largest group falls between 30 and 34 years old (151), followed by the age brackets of 35 to 39 (131), 40 to 44 (130), and 45 to 49 years (130).
The figure of 1,219 naturalizations in 2025 represents a 24.77% increase compared to the previous year. Only in 2013 was the threshold of a thousand favorable resolutions surpassed (1,078). After a drop to 192 in 2017, figures gradually recovered, exceeding 900 cases in 2023 and 2024.
To obtain nationality by residence, migrants must pass the Cervantes Institute's Test of Constitutional and Sociocultural Knowledge of Spain (CCSE test), in addition to submitting documentation such as criminal records and, in some cases, language proficiency tests.
